boy howdy

Definitions

1. Expresses strong support or agreement.
   idiomatic
2. Expresses emphasis.
   idiomatic

Examples

“Boy howdy. There was indeed no rest⟳ for the wicked.”

“I greeted Shannon's request⟳ enthusiastically, "Boy, howdy!"”

“"Talk⟳ to me, Zaidu. What do you mean⟳?" she asked quietly. "I'm more than a little confused here. I know⟳ what's happening in my life." Boy howdy, did she!”

““Boy howdy, are you ever. You're on number⟳ four but there's no Doppler shift!"”

“"Boy, howdy! Where do you get⟳ that stuff, you rummy?"”

“Boy howdy, boy howdy, boy howdy! I was buried alive in noise, and the heat and cinders stung my neck and legs and the bottoms of my feet.”

“Boy, howdy, is it cold! This is not Paris, as in "gay Paree," in France.”

“l saw⟳ her just a standin' there with her little blue suitcase and l said, 'Boy howdy, would l like⟳ to crawl into her pants!'”

“If there wasn't a dragging brake beam to rip me down the back, I was go'n make⟳ it! Boy howdy, I did some fancy praying.”

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